Articles

  • Art of Medicine
    Jan. 2016

    We Got Your Back: Patient Advocacy Through Art

    Regina Holliday
    Art-based patient advocacy has expanded public awareness and opened the eyes of many to patients' health care experiences.
    AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(1):63-68. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.1.imhl1-1601.
  • Art of Medicine
    Jun. 2015

    Multifaceted Nexus

    Kyle T. Amber, MD
    AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(6):575-. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.6.imhl1-1506.
  • Art of Medicine
    Apr. 2015

    Artwork by People with Autism

    D.J. Svoboda, Kevin Hosseini, Noah Schneider, Emily Casanova, PhD, and Kay Aitch
    Kevin Hosseini’s painting of his tutor’s dog, Bella.
    AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(4):362-368. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.4.imhl2-1504.
  • Art of Medicine
    Aug. 2014

    Tangles: An Illness Narrative in Graphic Form

    Sarah Leavitt
    Comics allowed me to convey multiple layers of a single experience. With both text and image at my disposal, I could use one to enhance the other or create contradictions and juxtapositions that were jarring or darkly humorous.
    Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(8):652-655. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.8.imhl1-1408.
  • Art of Medicine
    Jun. 2013

    Medical Hierarchy and Medical Garb

    Daniella M. Schocken, Aliye Runyan, MD, Anna Willieme, MFS, and Jason Wilson, MD
    Distinctions in garb worn by health care professionals have their drawbacks, to the degree that reinforcing the differences between team members can reinforce rigid role divisions and hierarchical inequities that undermine teamwork.
    Virtual Mentor. 2013;13(6):538-543. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.6.imhl1-1306.
  • Art of Medicine
    May. 2013

    Pain and the Paintbrush: The Life and Art of Frida Kahlo

    Fernando Antelo, MD
    In the iconic painting Broken Column, Kahlo represents her spine as a Greek column that is fractured and disintegrating. In this beautiful and tragic interpretation, the fractured column bespeaks Kahlo’s physical weakness and emotional instability.
    Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(5):460-465. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.5.imhl1-1305.